Preliminary exercise feedback and learner response

1) Teachers Feedback:

• This clearly communicates a narrative that fits the feel of the song. You’ve got some good shots and the audience is positioned to sympathise with the female character really effectively.
• I can’t decide if I like the Billie Eilish Happier Than Ever being on the car stereo in the first shot – on the one hand it’s clever but on the other it draws attention to the actual artist rather than the artist you have created!
• The branding is strong and I think it works over the reflective car windscreen shot (it works a bit like a white screen which is effective).
• I really like the timing of the cut from the phone being chucked down and the car door opening – it’s really effective and communicates a link between the two cleverly.
• The use of slow motion in the editing is very effective for the action you are communicating – it’s difficult to make that realistic and convincing so I think putting it in slow motion is the best way of doing it.
• The challenge now is working out how to develop this into the full two-minute coursework – will you continue this narrative? Will you add a performance element?

 2)  WWW: 

Different camera shots and angles throughout the video.

The slow motion makes the narrative fit in with the song.

The audience is seeing shots of the women and feeling empathetic for her as it communicates the narrative and is effectively used with the song.

EBI:

I didn't notice the fact that I had added the original Happier Than Ever by Billie Eilish on the car stereo which could draw attention on the actual artist.

3) I have learnt to carry on using effective camera shots  to display my narrative.